Cushion

Cush´ion Pronunciation: k??sh´?n

A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise.

- Dryden.

Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use

A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; - called also cushion dance.

Cushion capital
(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature.
b -	A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces.

Cushion star
(Zool.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; - so called from its form.

v. t.

To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.

[imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-ŭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning.]

Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity.

- Bolingbroke.

To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.

To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

Cushioned hammer
a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.

Noun	1.	cushion - a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" Synonyms: shock absorber, shock
	2.	cushion - a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
Verb	1.	cushion - protect from impact; "cushion the blow" Synonyms: buffer, soften

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